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A little bit of inspiration. Here are some pics/sites of people with perfect bodies. Makes me push myself just a wee bit harder in my workouts when I think of these folks.
Perfect women bodies
Jelena Abbou
Fahrenheit - Let It Burn (http://www.t-nation.com/media/letitburn/movie.html - broken link)
Hard to find a picture of this man, but the year that Michael Johnson set the world record in the 200 meters (1996), he ran against a runner named Jeff Williams. I saw Jeff run at the Bruce Jenner Classic in San Jose, running the 200 meters against Michael Johnson in that race. I am an incredibly muscular man myself, at the time just having earned my 1st degree black belt, but I stood there in absolute mouth-hanging awe as this extraordinarily muscular athlete passed within a few feet of me while walking with the other runners. I was speechless and changed for life. The audience behind me was completely silent as they watched this man pass. The man had the perfect physique and to this day, I wish that I could get in touch with him to find out what his diet and training regimen were at that time. He didn't have an ounce of fat on him, but his muscles were very developed and ripped even though he is about 5'10, 155 lbs. Very memorable. I'm still searching for Jeff Williams! Last I heard he had run a Masters meet in Walnut, CA in '07.
About women, last year I saw the best legs that I had seen for quite some time on two separate women at Stanford. Incredible. No pics of course, but the images are glued to my mind.
Jeff Williams though, truly an inspirational image for me first-hand.
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About women, last year I saw the best legs that I had seen for quite some time on two separate women at Stanford. Incredible. No pics of course, but the images are glued to my mind.
Jeff Williams though, truly an inspirational image for me first-hand.
Ah yes, Stanford where there are many women with very muscular thighs running around campus. Thats where I started running regularly. Its also very hard to beat the bodies of female sprinters and mid distance runners.
Heres another inspirational pic of Georges St. Pierre of MMA fame.
Goodness Dabeez, no offense, but this thread is akin to dieting. There are no perfect bodies. Some really great looking people out there, sure, but perfect? No way.
We're all different. There's no one standard to be held to. You can only be the very best that you personally are capbable of being, trying your best. And when you're doing all you can to take care of yourself physically, that usually means you look pretty darn good too. But not perfect. And there's all kinds of varieties of looking pretty darn good...
Too much focus on the image throws things out of proportion IMHO. Not to mention if people overly focus on their physical appearance, and let everything else deteriorate, they may find they're not as attractive as they hoped they were. But that's a whole other subject.
This kind of thinking is what gives many girls eating disorders. Comparing themselves to images in the media (heavily touched-up/altered photographic images generally, and under the knife alterations not unheard of.)
Inspirational stories like what Alexus mentioned are more my thing. That's the real deal of what to aspire to.
Hope I didn't step on your toes. Just had to add my two cents...
Emeraldsky, no offense taken and you are not stepping on my toes. I always value your input .
Maybe I should have titled this thread "Motivational Image Gallery" because what I was hoping for is that people would post images of what they believe to be prime physical bodies or pics of what they hope/plan to look like as a goal for thier working out. Its also interesting to see what other people believe to believe to be great bodies. We hear it every day how someone would say "Oh so and so has such a great body....." well Id like to see what people think are great bodies. Whats the point of working out or visiting an Exercise and Fitness forum if you dont have some type of mental picture of the fitness level (form and function) you would like to be?
If this causes anyone to develop any type of eating disorders then shame on them. It really should motivate them to lead a healthier happy life. These types of threads are always the most popular on other Forums I frequent but I guess there just arent very many people here who care as much about being physically fit as I do. I care even moreso now that I'll be a father in a few days. Want to make sure I am around to see my children grow up.
I'm not having the best luck posting pictures (you can tell by my attemps in the Wyoming picture gallery), but imagine me posting one of Lance Armstrong right about here...
Not that in my mind I can exactly picture him, but what motivates me is how he came back like that after the whole cancer thing. Amazing to me. (Though I was sad about him and his wife spliting up. Don't know the details or anything, just heard it mentioned on the news once...)
The eating disorder thing. I personally, gratefully, have never had an urge to alter my eating habits based on media images and assumed expectations of the public at large. But far too many women and girls do. And we probably all know at least one person who has. What eats me (I'm hoping to be an elementary school teacher in the near future) is the affect it has on young girls especially. What trickles down to them. Their parents' attitudes about it influences them for one. Just want children and people in general to have a healthy self-image based on reality. But I do understand your point on being motivated. Thanks for listening, I will no longer vent my feelings on this subject...
I'm really happy for you to be a dad any day now. That's got to be one of the best things ever in life to experience. Congrats to you and your wife. And wish you the best in the no sleep days. (It gets better.)
Good idea...hmm let's see...lemme google a few pics here...hope I don't get caught checking out guys at work(try explaining that )
There really aren't any specific guys I know that have a body I'd like...so here are some that are close I guess and only named them because of their popularity.
Tyson Beckford http://tyson-beckford.iwarp.com/tyson-calendar.jpg
I'd say Beckford is most realistic...Don't want to be at the gym daily or do 1000crunches for the abs, but I'm pretty big, so by cutting down on the fat, I'd be bigger than JT or Piven, although that tone look is cool. I do want to build my upper chest/arms/back though.
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Anyone else?
I thought this thread would be more active. A similar thread exists on another site I visit and has 98 pages of replys/responses. 
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